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FROM SNOU TO SUN 



FLORIDA. 



Winter Pleasure Tours 



UNDER PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED SYSTEM 



Pennsylvania Railroad. 



TWO WEEKS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH. 




SPECIAL TRAINS OF PULLMAN VESTIBULE DRAWING-ROOM 
SLEEPING AND DINING CARS. 



J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, 

General Passenger Agent. Assistant General Passenger Agent. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1890, by 

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 



AUm, Lane <£• Scott, Printers, PhUadelpUa. 



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Pennsylvania Tours 

TO 

FLORIDA. 



WINTER AND EARLY SPRING, i. 




V|x\NY persons, mindful of the value of the glorious 
influences of the Southern sun, and wedded to 
the genial atmosphere of Florida, tempered by 
warm ocean currents and proximity to the tropics, 
could not be persuaded to change their annual 
migratory trip there for a choice of any other 
spot in the States. This is, perhaps, perfectly natural, for they 
"know whereof they speak," and 'tis true, no section has so much 
of pleasure and health in store for the tourist, and few points are 
drawn nearer the North by the development and marvelous trans- 
portation facilities of this present age. After a six months' con- 
secutive business life, to the average American there comes an 
imperative demand for rest, and man and woman alike rhust 
throw off the dual yoke of toil and social obligations and flee to 
some radically new scene and life, there to absorb the subtle in- 
fluence of change preparatory to entering again the arena of a 
season of renewed activity. 

Last year, despite the phenomenal character of the weather. 
Southern travel was comparatively heavy, due undoubtedly to the 
fact that every one who could, fled from the humidity of our open 
winter, to the less fickle domain of the South. This year, how- 
ever, every prognostication points to severe and cold weather, and 
in view of this fact, and of many applications already received, the 

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces a series of winter and 
spring tours, to be conducted under the exclusive direction of its 
Personally-Conducted Sj^stem, to Jacksonville, Fla. The com- 
pany appreciates the popular sentiment expressed by liberal pat- 
ronage for the past three years in similarly arranged tours, and 
promises to repeat the successful ventures of past seasons in this 
winter of 1891. 

The arrangements perfected are much more comprehensive and 
complete than ever before, and present a rare opportunity for recre- 
ation and pleasure at what is highly essential, desirable dates. 

THE DAYS OF STARTING AND RETURNING. 

A series of five tours from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
Washington, and other principal points on the Pennsylvania Sys- 
tem is fixed for the following dates : — 

Tuesday, January 2oth, 1891. 

Tuesday, February 3D, 1891. 

Tuesday, February 17TH, 1891. 

Tuesday, March 3D, 1891. 

Tuesday, March 17TH, 1891. 

Each one of the tours will admit of a visit of two whole weeks 
in the flowery State, and the returning parties will leave Jackson- 
sonville for home on the dates following : — 

First Tour, Thursday, February 5th. 

Second Tour, Thursday, February 19TH. 
Third Tour, Thursday, March 5TH. 

Fourth Tour, Thursday, March 19TH. 

Fifth Tour, Thursday, April 2d. 

The period allowed is amply sufficient to admit of a thorough 
tour of all the interesting places in the Peninsula. 

WHAT '"PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED" MEANS. 

The tours will be conducted under the supervision of the Tour- 
ist Agent and Chaperon of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 



Undoubtedly one of the most original and highly satisfactory 
creations of the Pennsylvania Railroad is the inauguration of per- 
sonally-conducted tours under the supervision and direction of a 
Tourist Agent and Chaperon. The former, a man of broad ex- 
perience, makes all arrangements that may be required, has a 
perfect knowledge of all routes, attends to the prompt forward- 
ing of the train, and in every w^ay looks to the comfort and en- 
joyment of his fellow-travelers. 

The Chaperon, entirely an original conception of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad, has especial charge of ladies, particularly those 
unaccompanied by parents or escort, and also invalids, minister- 
ing to their necessities and needs in a most intelligent manner, as 
experience has thoroughly educated her in the intricacies of rail- 
way travel and usage. 

In the Chaperon the ladies find both a companion and guide. 
While furnishing all information that one could wish, and looking 
with watchful eyes after the comfort and pleasure of those in her 
charge, the Chaperon also stands to unescorted ladies in the exact 
relation that her title implies. 

MARKED FEATURES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TOURS. 

The marked success and popularity of the Pennsylvania Tours 
to Florida is due to several causes. The complete appointment 
of the special trains, the liberality of the rate and the return limit 
of tickets, are features that have attracted the traveling public, but 
the most popular characteristic of these, as well as other tours of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, is the freedom of movement 
allowed the tourists after their arrival at destination. No fixed 
programme is set for them in Florida, but having arrived at Jack- 
sonville they are at perfect liberty to dispose of their time as they 
see fit. They may travel over the State individually or in small 
parties, may stop wherever they choose and stay as long as is desir- 
able, only keeping in view the return date, and arranging their 
migrations so as to be in Jacksonville in time to take the special 
train for home on the date fixed for its departure. This plan im- 
poses no compulsory conditions as to their movement on the tour- 
ists, and at the same time secures to them all the benefits of the 
personally-conducted system. 



HOW THE TOURISTS TRAVEL. 

Each party will be transported from New York to Jacksonville 
in a special train of Pullman Vestibule Sleeping-, and Dining Cars. 
The train will be in direct charge of the Tourist Agent, who, aid- 










ed by the Chaperon, will relieve the tourists of all the incidental 
cares of a long trip. The train will run through on a fast schedule 
in both directions. The route lies over the Pennsylvania Railroad 
to Quantico, the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail- 



road to Richmond, the Atlantic Coast Line to Savannah, and the 
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway to Jacksonville. The 
returning party will travel by the same route. The dining car feat- 
ure is a most, desirable one, and cannot fail to engage the appre- 
ciation of all travelers. All the meals necessary en route will be 
served in the dining car, the expense of the same being covered 
by the price of the tickets. 

THE RATES AND CONDITIONS OF THE TICKETS. 

The excursion tickets for these tours will be sold from New 
York at $50, Philadelphia I48, and from other stations named on 
other pages in this pamphlet at the rates there quoted. The 
price of the tickets includes railway transportation, Pullman 
sleeping-car accommodations, and meals en route in both direc- 
tions. The tickets will be accepted for passage only on the special 
train. They will be valid for two weeks, and must be used for the 
return trip only on the special train appointed to leave Jackson- 
ville on the date fixed for the return of the particular tour in 
question. 

The tourists, upon reaching Jacksonville, will be left to pur- 
sue their own course until the return date, when they will take the 
special train at that point for the homew-ard trip. 

Baggage should be checked through to Jacksonville via the 
Atlantic Coast Line. 

The company reserves the right to attach special cars to regu- 
lar trains, if, from any cause, the number of the party should be 
too small to warrant the running of a special train. 

A SUGGESTION. 

The number of persons for which accommodations can be pro- 
vided on a special train of Pullman drawing-room cars is neces- 
sarily limited. For these tours it is fixed at one hundred and fifty. 
It is prudent, therefore, that those who desire to join the party 
should make early application for tickets, and register their names 
for sleeping-car accommodations. 

Tickets may be secured at the ticket offices of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company in New York, Jersey City, Newark, Eliza- 



beth, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, and Wash- 
ington, and the other stations from which rates are quoted, or 
by addressing Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, 233 South 
Fourth Street, Philadelphia, 849 Broadway, New York, or 205 
Washington Street. Boston. 



ROUND-TRIP RATES. 

Round-trip tickets including railroad fare, sleeping-car accom- 
modations, and meals en route in both directions, will be sold to 
Jacksonville at the following rates. The tickets are good for use 
only on the special trains on the date named on the ticket, except 
that from points not reached by the special, regular trains making 
close connection with the special may be used. The connection 
with the special should be made in every case at the nearest avail- 
able station. Tickets for use of children between 5 and 12 years 
will be sold at two-thirds of these rates. 



Altoona, Pa I50 65 

Atlantic City, N. J 49 00 

Auburn, Pa 50 00 

Baltimore, Md 48 00 

Bellefonte, Pa., via Tyrone ... 51 00 

Belvidere, N. J 5000 

Berlin, Md 49 35 

Birdsboro, Pa 49 95 

Blairsville, Pa 51 95 

Bloom Ferry, Pa 49 60 

Bordentown, N. J 49 00 

Bridgeton, N. J 49 00 

Bristol, Pa 48 60 

Bryn Mawr, Pa 48 00 

Burlington, N.J 48 60 

Cambridge, Md 49 50 

Canandaigua, N. Y 53 00 

Canton, Pa 50 80 

Cape May, N. J 49 00 

Catawissa, Pa 49 50 

Centreville, Md 49 00 

Chelten Avenue, Pa 48 25 

Chestnut Hill, Pa, 48 40 

Chester, Pa 48 00 

Clarendon, Pa 53 55 



Clayton, Del I48 45 

Clearfield, Pa 51 15 

Coatesville, Pa 48 00 

Columbia, Pa 48 00 

Conewago, Pa 48 00 

Connellsville, Pa 53 00 

Conshohocken, Pa 48 50 

Corry, Pa 54 25 

Dover, Del 48 50 

Downingtown, Pa 48 00 

Delmar, Del 49 00 

Driftwood, Pa, 51 65 

Elizabeth, N.J 49 75 

Elkton, Md 48 00 

Elmira, N. Y 51 55 

Emporium, Pa 52 05 

Erie, Pa • . . 55 00 

Federalsburg, Md 49 00 

Felton, Del 48 75 

Frackville, Pa 50 00 

Frankford, Pa 48 15 

Frankford, Del 49 10 

Franklin City, Va 49 9° 

Freehold, N. J 50 00 

Greensburg, Pa 52 35 



Georgetown, Del J49 00 

Germantown, Pa 48 25 

Germantown Junction, Pa. . .4815 

Glassboro, N. J 4850 

Hamburg, Pa 50 00 

Harrington, Del. 49 00 

Harrisburg, Pa 48 00 

Havana, N. Y 51 95 

Havre de Grace, Md. 48 00 

Horse Heads, N. V 51 65 

Huntingdon, Pa, 49 95 

Irvineton,Pa 53 80 

Jamesburg, N.J 49 75 

Jersey City, N.J 5000 

Johnstown, Pa 51 4° 

Kane, Pa 53 10 

Lanibertvi'le, N.J 49 25 

Lancaster, Pa 48 00 

Latrobe, Pa 52 15 

Lewistown Junction, Pa 4925 

Lock Haven, Pa 5° 5° 

Long Branch, N.J 50 00 

Mt. Carniel, Pa 49 65 

Mt. Union, Pa. . 49 70 

Manayunk, Pa 48 25 

Media, Pa 48 00 

Merchantville, N. J 48 25 

Middletown, Del 48 25 

Middletown, Pa 48 00 

Milford, Del 49 00 

Millville, N.J 4900 

Milton, Pa 49 35 

Moorestown, N. J 4850 

Mount Holly, N.J 4860 

Mount Joy, Pa 4S 00 

Muncy, Pa 49 75 

Nanticoke, Pa 50 25 

Nescopec, Pa 49 85" 

Newark, N. J 50 00 

New Brunswick, N. J 4925 

New Castle, Del 48 00 

Newport, Pa 48 55 

New York, N. Y 50 00 

Norristown, Pa 48 65 

Northumberland, Pa 49 15 

Ocean Grove, N.J 50 00 

Oxford, Md 49 25 



Parkesburg, Pa. $48 00 

Penn Yan, N. Y 52 45 

Perry ville, Md 48 00 

Philadelphia, Pa 48 00 

Phillipsburg, N. J 4975 

Phcenixville, Pa 49 15 

Pittsburg, Pa 53 00 

Pottstown, Pa 49 60 

Pottsville, Pa. ... ... 50 00 

Princeton, N.J 49 25 

Rahway, N. J 49 5° 

Reading, Pa 50 00 

Red Bank, N.J 50 00 

Renovo, Pa 51 10 

Ridgway, Pa 52 65 

Riverside, Pa • • 49 35 

Riverton, N. J 48 50 

Salem, N.J 49 00 

Schuylkill Haven, Pa 50 00 

Seaford, Del 49 00 

Shamokin, Pa 49 50 

Sheffield, Pa 53 45 

Shenandoah, Pa 50 00 

Snow Hill, Md 49 65 

Stanley, N. Y. 52 75 

St. Clair, Pa 50 00 

St. Mary's, Pa 52 45 

Sunbury, Pa 49 10 

Townsend, Del 48 35 

Trenton, N.J 49 00 

Troy, Pa 51 05 

Tulpohocken, Pa 48 25 

Tyrone, Pa 50 35 

Union town. Pa 53 00 

Vineland, N.J 49 00 

Warren, Pa 53 70 

Washington, D. C 48 00 

Watkins, N. Y 52 00 

West Chester, Pa 48 00 

Wilcox, Pa 52 95 

Wilkesbarre, Pa • 50 35 

Williamsport, Pa 50 00 

Wilmington, Del 48 00 

Wissahickon Heights, Pa. ... 48 25 

Woodbury, N.J 48 30 

Wyoming, Del 48 60 

York, Pa 48 00 



Itinerary in Detail 

FlJOf^IDA TOUI^S. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 



January 20th ; February 3d and lyth ; March 



Leave New York (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 

" Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 

" Jersey City (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 
'' Newark 

" Elizabeth " " 

Trenton " " 

Philadelphia " " 

Wilmington, Del. " " 

" Baltimore " " 

" Washington (via Pennsylvania and Richmond 

Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroads) . 

Leave Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) ... 

Arrive Weldon " " ... 

Leave Weldon (via Atlantic Coast Line) . . . 



d and 17th, 1891, 



Eastern T 

9.20 A. 

9.00 

9-33 

9-47 

9-57 
10.52 

11-55 
12.33 P. 
2.15 

3-25 P. 

7-30 
10.08 
10.18 



M. 



M. 



January 21st ; February 4th and iSth ; March 4th and i8th. 

Eastern Time. 
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Leave Wilmington 
Arrive Florence 
Leave Florence 



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.... 6.44 " 
" . . . . 6.59 •' 

Central Time. 

Leave Savannah (via Sav., Fla. and West. Railroad) . 12.43 P ^I- 
Arrive Jacksonville " " " . 6.00 



All meals en route will be served in the dining car. 



NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February 5th and 19th ; March 5th and 19th, and April 2d, 1891. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Sav., Fla. and West. Railroad) 7.00 A. M. 
Fp:bruary 6th and 20th, March 6th and 20th, and April 3d, 1891. 

Eastern Time. 

Leave Richmond (via Rich., Fred, and Pot. Railroad), 7.30 A. M. 
Arrive Washington (via Pennsylvania Railroad) about 11.24 " 



Baltimore 

Wilmington, Del. 

Philadelphia 

Trenton 

Elizabeth 

Newark 

Jersey City 

New York 

Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 



12.40 P. M. 

2.27 " 

3.10 " 
4.10 

5-15 " 

5-25 " 

5-42 " 

5-50 " 

6.15 " 



All meals 01 runte will be served in the dining car. 



STAFF OF THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT. 

Toutisl Agents: Chaperons : 

W. W. Lord, Jr., Mrs. H. F Bender, 

Colin Studds, 
J. P. McWilliams. 



Miss E. C. Bingham. 



As the tourists will be left at Jacksonville to follow the bent of 
their own inclinations, a few brief sketches of the principal cities 
easily accessible from Jacksonville is appended for their guidance. 



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'^M)INCE Ponce de Leon discovered beneath the tropical 
skies of Florida the fountain of perpetual youth, a grand 
army of explorers in pursuit of that greater treasure 
than gold— health— have followed the way blazed by 
the romantic Spaniard, and found under the same skies 
the object of their quest. 
As a great health resort Florida stands to Americans in the 
same relation as the Riviera does to all Europe. It presents, 
however, a greater diversity of attractions than the land washed 
by the waters of the blue Mediterranean. To the invalid it 
promises hope and renewed strength; to the tourist it offers 
all the rich beauty of the semi-tropics and the tempting products 
of a fertile soil warmed by radiant sunlight ; to sportsman and 
angler it yields a bountiful return in game and fish ; and to the 
devotee of fashion it presents great hostelries, where the best 
representatives of American society while away the hours in 
luxurious ease. 

The climate, of course, renders all this possible, and while that 
element is not absolutely perfect it is so equable, so genial, and 
so gently tempered as to be enjoyable to weak and strong alike. 
The temperature is bland, but not enervating, the skies are gen- 
erally bright, flowers bloom and fruits ripen while Northern lati- 
tudes are clothed in snow, and there is a springlike flavor in the 
atmosphere that makes open-air exercise exhilarating. To the 
invalid it is indeed a land of promise. Those suffering from pul- 
monary and kindred affections secure a new lease on life, while 
those prostrated with mental or physical weakness from any cause 
cannot fail to find in the balmy breezes, crisp air, and picturesque 
landscape a forgetfulness of their ills. Bright skies and fresh air 
invite an outdoor life, and exercise brings in its wake appetite, 
sleep, and new strength. 

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Apart from its climatic advantages Florida is rich in attractions 
for the general traveler. The beauty of a region located almost 
beneath a tropical sun, with its blooming plants and rank vegeta- 
tion, its orange groves, and its forests of pine and live oak, can- 
not fail to enlist the interest of every lover of nature. The world 
presents no parallel to the steamer ride on the St. John's and the 
Ocklawaha, while a sail on the placid waters of the Indian River, 
with its banks crowned with orange groves, is a pleasure long to 
be remembered. 

The angler finds waters inhabited by all mannei of fish, from 
the gamy trout to the princely tarpon, while the facilities for boat- 
ing and sailing are ample. The gunner, too, in the "hummock 
lands" may indulge his appetite for sport in hunting game that 
ranges in species from quail and wild turkey to deer. The artist 
will find much to engage his attention in landscape, water, and 
sky, and the scientific explorer may revel in almost any field of 
research. 

Hotels of all classes are abundant. The magnificence of the 
Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine lures many pleasure seekers to 
accommodations within its walls, and from the luxury of this pal- 
ace down to the humble roof of the lodge in the wilderness one 
may secure shelter and sustenance suited to his tastes or the con- 
dition of his exchequer. 

In the following pages brief descriptions of the most prominent 
points of interest are given, with timely information concerning 
them. 

There are so many points to which excursionists may be 
projected from Jacksonville and St. Augustine, that the enum- 
eration of them would require far more space than the limits of 
this pamphlet can afford. A few brief notes, however, may be 
of service to the tourist. 

JACKSONVILLE. 

1075 miles from New York. 

Now the terminus of the tourists' journey from the North is 
reached as the Vestibule Pullman train halts after its long run 
through the living fields of the New South to the doorway of those 
mysteriously fascinating scenes of sub-tropical growth and life in 



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Flora's land. From a scattering few explorers, who landed from 
their frail crafts and cut a way through the tangled mass which 
so effectually fringed the banks of the beautiful lakelike river of 
St. John's, and erected their rude shelter on a soil whose richness 
the like of which they had never seen — sprung the first life to 
what has grown into this wonderful metropolis of Jacksonville — 
one of the most important cities from a commercial and social 
stand-point in the South. 

It is to-day the great distributing centre from which hosts of 
■travelers pouring into the land branch out to the numberless 
places of interest in every direction. The city is situated on the 
St. John's River, twenty-five miles west of the ocean. The river 
at this point is nearl}-^ twenty-four hundred feet wide, and as the 
town is located on a curve of its wide banks the water front is ex- 
tensive and the uninterrupted view superb. The city is laid out 
in wide avenues, shaded with grand live oaks ; rare flowers and 
shrubbery of the tropics adorn the grounds surrounding villas and 
hotels, and the sweet perfume of buds and blossoms permeates 
the air. On the land side the wide boulevards and smooth shell 
roads afford fine drives, while the waters of the river and bay in- 
vite boating and yachting. The wharves are very extensive, and 
the commerce by ships spreads over ocean and river. 

An interesting feature of the city is the permanent Sub-Tropical 
Exposition. The extensive and handsome grounds and buildings 
occupy an eligible site within the corporate limits. The display 
is designed to cover all the tropical products of the United States, 
the West Indies, the Bahamas, and Mexico. The exhibition is 
open during the season, and one may see there a vast collection 
of the prolific and varied productions of the tropics artistically 
exposed to view. 

The hotels of Jacksonville are numerous. Some are very hand- 
some structures, and all offer good entertainment. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

The Carleton European plan. Hotel Togni S2.00 per day. 

The Duval . . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. St. James Hotel .... $4.00 per day. 

The Gienada S3. 00 per day. The Travelers S3. 00 per day. 

Hotel Oxford $4.00 per day. Tremont House.$4.oo to $5.00 per day, 

Hotel Placide Windsor Hotel . , . . , Special rates, 

Aniericai} £^nc} European plan. , 



ST. AUGUSTINE. 

37 miles from Jacksonville. Reached by the Jacksonville, Tampa and Kej- West 

Railway; or Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway ; 

or boat on St. John's River to Tocoi, and thence by 

rail, 14 miles, to St. Augustine. 

Next in point of interest if not of importance to Jacksonville is 
St. Augustine, the oldest town in America. The city was founded 
by the Spaniards centuries ago, and many of the present inhab- 
itants are descendants of the original grandees. It savors yet de- 
cidedly of the Spanish, and the quaint, old, balconied houses, 
narrow, winding streets, the ruins of the old walls, and the city 
gates, combine to form an old-world picture strangely in contrast 
with the newness of to-day. 

The natural advantages of St. Augustine are many. It enjoys 
a well-founded reputation for healthfulness, and possesses a mag- 
nificent beach, on which sea-bathing may be indulged in from the 
year's beginning to its end. Its grand possibilities have attracted 
the attention of capitalists, who have erected three of the most 
superb hotels in the world. These palaces, the POnce de Leon, 
Cordova (originally christened Casa Monica), and Alcazar, are 
built of coquina, a curious shell formation. The architecture is 
Spanish Renaissance and Mooresque ; the decorations and orna- 
mentations are wrought in the same spirit, and the furnishing is in 
keeping with the skill which designed and the taste that executed 
the grand piles. They have no equals in the world, and yet they 
harmonize most happily with their antique surroundings. Other 
attractive features of the old town are the sea wall, the old slave 
market, the Huguenot Cemetery, the Plaza de la Constitution, 
and the Castle of San Marco, now become Fort Marion. The 
completion of the handsome new bridge over the St. John's River 
at Jacksonville renders St. Augustine far more accessible than 
formerly. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Ponce de Leon Hotel . . $5.00 per day. i Hotel Cordova $5.00 per day. 



The Alcazar I3.50 per day. 

American House . . . . $1.50 per day. 

Carleton Hotel $3.00 per day. 

Cleveland House, $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 



Hotel San Marco .... $4.00 per day. 
The San Salvador $2.50 to $3.00 per day. 
Magnolia Hotel . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 
Ocean View Hotel . . . $3.00 per day. 



Florida House . $2.50 to $4.00 per day. Pasade la Plaza Hotel . . Special rates. 
Hernandez Hotel, $2.00 to $2.50 per day. The. St. George Special rates. 



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TALLAHASSEE. 

165 miles fi-om Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

This capital of the State has much to be very proud of. It is 
beautifully built on a high elevation, and the design of the broad 
streets and avenues shaded with evergreens and live oaks, and the 




AMELIA BHACH, FERNANDINA. 



bountiful and luxurious growth of flowers and shrubs, makes it a 
veritable garden spot. Like almost all of its sister Southern cities, 
in its annals is interwoven romantic and heroic history, and like 
them also are innumerable places and points of interest to be relig- 
iously visited. Here is the Lafayette Land Grant, and the noted 



lakes swarming with ducks and brant. The Murat residence, and 
the grave of Prince Achille Murat, son of the King of Naples, 
and a thousand and one places, may be visited and enjoyed to the 
profit of the tourist. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Baldwin House $2.00 per day. I St. James Hotel . |2. 50 to $3.00 per day. 

New Leon Hotel .... $3.00 per day. I 

FERNANDINA. 

36 miles from Jacksonville via Jacksonville Branch of the Florida Central 
and Peninsular Railroad. 

This old Spanish town was founded in 1632, and still carries 
traces in the old causeways, streets, and mode of architecture of 
the once ruling hidalgos. The new town, about a mile and a 
half from Old Fernandina, w here was witnessed some of the most 
thrilling scenes of blockade running during the Civil War, has 
sprung up on Amelia Island, at the mouth of the river of same 
name. It is a port of entry, and the broad, protected body of 
water forms excellent facilities for yachting and the best of har- 
bors. Its avenues are bowered by oak and orange, and the beach 
drive is twenty miles long. Several points of interest are close 
by, one the estate of "Dungeness," the old home of the revo- 
lutionary hero, Nathanael Greene, granted him by the State of 
Georgia for services rendered his country ; another, Cumberland 
Island, seven miles by rail or steam yacht across the sound, and 
one of the most noted fishing and sporting grounds in the State ; 
and the Amelia Island Lighthouse. 

Innumerable are the minor points of interest to be found in 
and near this mother city of Spanish birth and its new-born Amer- 
ican child Fernandina. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Egmont Hotel . :?2.oo to ;g4.oo per day. 1 Strathmore Hotel . . . . Special rates. 
Florida House 52.00 per day. 

FORT GEORGE ISLAND. 

25 miles by boat from Jacksonville. 

This island is at the mouth of the St. John's River, and is a 
most beautiful and attractive spot, offering a number of romantic 



walks and drives through palmetto-shaded avenues and well- 
designed gardens. The homestead and negro quarters of what 
was once an ideal plantation are still standing. The famous jetty 
works of the St. John's are hard by and well worth a visit in 
themselves. The fishing and sailing are fine and the ocean view 
something superb. Mayport, just across the picturesque bay, is 
reached from Jacksonville by rail, or Fort George Island by boat, 
and is celebrated for its great, white sand hills and commanding 
locality. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL (Mayport). 
Burnside House Special rates. 

PABLO BEACH. 

17 miles from Jacksonville, reached by the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad. 

Directly on the Atlantic Coast, commanding a magnificent 
view and holding in its hand a delightfully tempered climate, is 
this seaboard. Southern city. It possesses one of the finest 
beaches in the world, forty miles long by about seven hundred 
feet wide. The hard, compact sand, pounded as smooth and pol- 
ished as a ball-room floor by the beating waves for years, affords 
a splendid drive and a bathing ground unexcelled. The village 
is mainly a seaport sanitarium town, and affords every modern 
facility for the tourist or invalid. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Murray Hall . . . . I3.00 to I4.00 per day. | Ocean House. . . . Special rates. 

GREEN COVE SPRINGS. 

29 miles by rail or boat, reached via Western Railway of Florida or Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The wonderful Sulphur Spring, discharging 3000 gallons of 
water a minute, from which the place takes its name, is located 
in a handsome grove of live oaks draped with Spanish moss, 
in the midst of a wdde expanse of surrounding pine forests. The 
grounds are attractively laid out in romantic walks and parks. 
The bathing pools are extensive, and the baths are commended 
not only to invalids but to all who enjoy a plunge into limpid 
and pellucid waters. Think of bathing in open air in December, 



and yet this is a common everyday enjoyment here. Governor's 
Creek is very close by, and its romantic windings present pictures 
of rare natural beauty while offering excellent boating facilities. 
Its transportation facilities are excellent. Three large piers jutting 
out into the St. John's afford convenient access to sea-going ves- 
sels and river craft of every kind, and no more fascinating scene 
could well be imagined than the light and shadow effects on water 
and land as the health-restoring sun sinks down after its faithful 
day's dut)^, leaving a wake of golden light on this beautiful winter 
resort. Excursions may be made by boat from here to Palatka. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Clarendon Hotel . . . . $4.00 per day. Riverside House, |2. 00 to $2.50 per day. 
Morganza Hotel, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. St. Clair Hotel . I3.00 to $4.00 per day. 
Oakland Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 



LAKE CITY. 

60 miles from Jacksonville. Reached via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, 

Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, or Georgia 

Southern and Florida Railroad. 

Lake City is the capital of Columbia County ; it well warrants 
its appellation from its situation in the midst of a group of pretty 
lakes, virtually making it a modern Venice. The land is high and 
exceptionally healthy, and the city buildings are very handsome, 
prominent among which is the State Agricultural College. One 
may wander through miniature dells, intersected by sparkling riv- 
ulets, in and out among magnificent moss-laden oaks and sweet- 
scented magnolia, and amid flowers which fill the air with frag- 
rance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Central House Special rates. Thrasher House Special rates. 

Gee House Special rates. 

PALATKA. 

75 miles by boat, 56 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and 
Key West Railway. 32 miles from St. Augustine. 

This thriving and picturesque town has grown into its influen- 
tial life directly on the banks of the St. John's. It ranks next to 
Jacksonville as a winter resort, and is held in high favor with 
tourists. It is the centre of a large orange-growing district, and 



many of the most famous groves in tlie State are located in the 
vicinity. Hart's orange grove, covering seventy acres, is one of the 
oldest and most famous in the State, and is reached by boat from 
the foot of Main Street. Palatka is the county-seat of Putnam, 
and the starting point for boat excursions on the Ocklavvaha and 




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Upper St. John's Rivers. Good shooting and fishing and bathing 
may be enjoyed. A favorite walk and drive is through the groves 
suburban to the city, which well deserve a visit, being among the 
finest in the State. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 



The Berkshire $3.00 per day. 

Carleton House $2.00 per day. 

Graham House . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 



Hotel Winthrop .... Special rates. 

Putnam House $4.00 per day. 

Saratoga Hotel . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 



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THE OCKLAWAHA. 

Starting-point, Palatka, 56 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

Surely a trip to Florida without a steamer ride on the Ockla- 
vvaha is not thoroughly complete, for it reveals a phase of tropi- 
cal scenery peculiar alone to Florida. A succession of lagoons, 
lakes, springs, and swamps combine to form this winding river, 
and the river proper begins at Welaka, twenty-five miles above 
Palatka. 

A night journey up this river is one that cannot be rivaled for 
weird and beautiful effects as the pine torch headlight on the little 
steamer reveals masses of tangled jungle, networks of winding 
vines, moss, and fungi, awakening storks, cranes, herons, cur- 
lews, alligators, snakes, turtles, and thousands of wild inmates 
of nature's household. It will be as new and novel a sight to 
the traveler as ever experienced, and something never to be 
forgotten. 

Silver Springs, the crystal pool supposed to have been Ponce 
de Leon's fountain of perpetual youth, is the first point reached, 
and here the springs should be visited ; from the springs Ocala, 
six miles distant, can be reached by a side trip, or the journey 
by the steamer may be continued through a series of lakes. The 
return trip is taken by day, and is hardly less interesting than 
that of the night. 

ORMOND. 

120 miles from Jacksonville, on Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax 
River Railway. 

This charming little town is located directly on the Halifax 
River ; it is noted for its delightful winter climate, and has gained 
a wide-spread reputation as the heart of the renowned Halifax 
River orange-producing country. It has abundant resources for 
the amusement of every class of pleasure seeker. The walks 
and drives among the oaks, palmettos, and orange groves are 
famous. There is also boating and fishing, and no lack of the 
fine fruits. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
The Ormoi)d , $4.00 per day. 



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DAYTONA. 

57 miles from Palatka, via Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway 
or Da^- Line Steamer on St. John's River. 

The run from Palatka is in a southeasterly direction and through 
the famous Hart orange grove, over hummocks, ridges, and rolling 
pine lands, and down into the cypress swamps of Volusia County. 
The town is built for about two miles along the west bank of the 
Halifax Riv^er, its streets shaded with live oaks and stately pal- 
mettos. The ride from Palatka to this point is so varied one gets 
possibly a better idea of the rem.arkable changes from highland to 
low, and the necessary variation in vegetation, than in any other 
similar ride in the State. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Fountain City Hotel . . $2.50 per day. Ocean View House, 
Grand View Hotel . . . $1.30 per day. S2.50 to $3.00 per day. 

Halifax House S2.00 per day. Palmetto Hotel, $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 



PONCE PARK AND MOSQUITO INLET. 
Few miles south of Daytona ; connection by steamer. 

Directly on the coast, a few miles south of Daytona, is Ponce 
Park, built in the inappropriately-named Mosquito Inlet, a noted 
resort for fishermen. The waters of the inlet abound with bass, 
Spanish mackerel, bluefish, sheepshead, and various salt-water 
varieties. The beach here is filled with curious shells, and the 
sand is very compact and snow white. The old lighthouse, from 
whose height an extended and uninterrupted view may be had, is 
extremely picturesque. Excursions of all character emanate from 
this point, be they for boating, fishing, riding, or hunting. 

PRINXIPAL HOTELS. 
Pacetti's Hotel $2.00 per day. 

NEW SMYRNA. 

21 miles from Lake Helen, via Atlantic and Western Railroad Company. Same 
connection from Jacksonville as for Lake Helen. 

Few people visiting New Smyrna understand that the first cul- 
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an importation in 1767 of a number of Greek families. It was 
really the founding of a miniature Athens on American soil, and 
even to-day some of their descendants are still living in this 
neighborhood and in St. Augustine. It is a rich country and the 
favorite resort of the sportsmen. Interest attaches to the place 
owing to its being one of the oldest settlements in Florida ; here 
shell mounds and crude implements used centuries ago are found, 
and' ancient Spanish constructions ; while the handwork of the 
Greeks may plainly be distinguished. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Ocean House $3-oo per day. 



HAWTHORNE. 

70 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

It is a thriving and prosperous village, situated in the centre 
of a rich section, being underlaid with a fine clay sub-soil, in 
places mixed with shell and marl, and especially adapted to the 
culture of the peach and orange. 

Particular interest attaches to the place as a health resort, and 
a few miles to the south are the 

Mammoth Orange Groves, 
of seventy thousand full bearing trees, which the train passes di- 
rectly between for nearly a mile. Along this dividing line be- 
tween the two groves about twelve hundred of the finest trees had 
to be removed to make room for the construction of the railroad 
track. These are the largest natural groves in Florida, and are 
situated in the midst of a vast, rich hummock, the trees being of 
natural, spontaneous growth, in the places where they now stand, 
grafted to the best sweet varieties. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Commercial Hotel $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 

GAINESVILLE. 

50 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railway. 

Gainesville has deservedly asserted itself as one of the most 
important interior towns in the State. Its population is nigh 



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doubled in the winter months, from the number of Northerners 
seeking its warm, reHable climate. The advantages and con- 
veniences of a city may be enjoyed here while seeking health or 
pleasure. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Arlington Hotel, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. Rochemont House . . . $2.50 per day. 

Bayers Hotel $2.50 per day. St. Nicholas Hotel, Ji.ooto $3.00 per day. 

Brown House ■"■... J2.00 per day. 

WALDO. 

56 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

This interesting and growing town is the junction of the Cedar 
Key Branch, and is most beautifully situated. Near here is the 
oldest and largest orange tree in the State, which has borne ten 
thousand oranges in one season. Lake Alto and Santa F6 are 
but a few miles distant, affording a charming little excursion by 
steamer on the Santa F^ Canal. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Renault House $2.00 per day. | Waldo House ^3.00 per day. 

CEDAR KEY. 
127 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railway. 

Cedar Key, the terminus of a division of the line on which it is 
located, is a very popular resort for tourists and sportsmen. From 
a purely mercantile centre it has of late years grown into quite a 
winter retreat. Many and interesting are the side trips by steamer 
from here for Tarpon Springs, Clear Water, Dunedin, Seaside, 
Yellow Bluff, Manatee, and Tampa. A sight well worth seeing is 
the diving for sponge and the cutting cedar for pencil manufacture, 
lathloe Island, a tropical garden, has also grown into prominence 
as a winter resort. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Bettelini House $2.00 per day. | Schlemmer House . . . $2.00 per day . 

OCALA. 
72 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

It is a thriving and prosperous city, the county-seat of Marion, 
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State, and is manifestly destined to rival other points as the dis- 
tributing point of the great orange belt. The city is well laid out 
and handsomely built, and one of the most influential in the State. 
In December, 1890, the National Farmers' Alliance selected this 
town as the place to hold their annual convention. It is also the 
location of the Semi-Tropical Exposition, a very comprehensive 
and instructive exhibit of Florida products. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Central Hotel $2.00 per day. | Montezuma Hotel. . . . $2.50 per day. 

Magnolia House .... $2.00 per day. Ocala House $3-°o P^r *^^y- 

LEESBURG. 

106 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railroad. 

Leesburg is one of the oldest commercial places in this section 
of the country. Its largest mercantile business is done with the 
region lying about Lakes Harris and Griffin. It is built on a nar- 
row peninsula separating the two lakes named, whose shores are 
lined for long distances with what were once wild groves of or- 
ange trees, but are now fine, profitable, cultivated groves. As a 
winter resort it has long held an enviable reputation. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Grand Central Hotel . . S3.00 per day. Lake View Hotel .... Special rates. 
Lake City House . . . . $2.00 per day. Leesburg House . $2.00 to 52.50 per day. 

SEVILLE. 

84 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The site of Seville is in the midst of the high, pine orange belt 
in the Fruitland Peninsula. It attracts and fascinates the eye of a 
Northener at once with its distinctively characteristic houses and 
palm, orange, and lime trees with which the streets are lined. It 
fronts on two lakes of pure water, from which it draws its supply. 
Here are the noted groves of the wild or Seville orange, the the- 
ory being that the seeds for this remarkable growth were import- 
ed years ago by the Spanish. Saddle-horses and carriages may 
be engaged at the hotels, and drives of the most interesting nature 
enjoyed in and around a prosperous and highly-cultivated region. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Hotel Seville $3.00 per day. I The Pavilion Special rates. 

The Grand View .... Special rates. ' 



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DE LAND. 

no miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

De Land is a delightfully picturesque town, situated in Volu- 
sia County, on a pine elevation. It is completely belted in with 
extensive orange groves, and here the rich tropical productions 
thrive in abundance. As a winter resort it is held in the highest 
estimation, due to its peculiarly healthy surroundings and the 
vast border-lands of yellow pine, which exude their healing and 
soothing balm, so efficacious in nervous and lung troubles. All 
about this neighborhood are the most picturesque of lakes ; on 
the shores of many are beautiful residences and commodious ho- 
tels. It is a fav^orite spot also for the sportsmen, deer, turkey, 
wildcat being found in abundance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
The Carrolton . $2.50 to $3.00 per day. j Putnam House . $2.00 to I3.00 per day. 
Floral Grove Hotel . . . I2.00 per day. | Parceland Hotel, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. 

LAKE HELEN. 

9 miles from Blue Spring, via Atlantic and Western Railroad. Connection from 

Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, or 

St. John's River steamers to Blue Spring. 

Mainly a winter sanitarium, its chief popularity is due to the 
air of its piney woods, many preferring this to the more open 
and heroic treatment of the coast. The lake is about sixty feet 
above the sea level, and is a beautiful sheet of water of great 
depth. Its banks are studded with handsome residences, and it 
shelters a colony who certainly get full enjoyment from life as 
captured in this delicious retreat. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Harlan Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. | Granville House, $1.50 to ^2.00 per day. 

ENTERPRISE. 

123 miles from Jacksonville, reached by rail or boat— on the line of Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

This point is a practical living proof of " What's in a name? " 
for it has the push, energy, industry, and active trade to justify 
its title. Its advantageous situation certainly has given it a pre- 



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eminence over many other towns, as it is, like its neighbor San- 
ford, directly on Lake Monroe^one of the headwater bodies of 
the St. John's— and is likewise widely engaged in fruit cultivation. 
It is a particularly healthy situation, and a favorite one, while its 
orange groves supply many Northern markets. 

PRIxNXIPAL HOTELS. 
Brock House f4-oo per day. | Live Oak House . . . $2.00 per daj'. 

SANFORD. 

125 miles via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, also reached by 
boat on St. John's River. 

Sanford is a very important railroad junction point as well as 
the centre of orange culture. It was originally a Spanish grant, 
and passed from hand to hand until 1870 when it was purchased 
by Gen. H. S. Sanford, through whose instrumentality a number 
of Swedish families were imported, and to their toil and industry 
the prosperity of the present community is largely due. The pict- 
uresque body of Lake Monroe, on whose shore it is partly built, 
adds no smaU share to the general attractive features of the place. 
It has long been held in the high estimation of Florida tourists 
and well warrants a visit. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Sanford House . S3. 50 to I4.00 per day. I San Leon Hotel . I2.00 to $2.50 per day. 
Sirrine Hotel $2.00 per day. I 




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TARPON SPRINGS. 
I20 miles from Sanford, via Orange Belt Railway. 

The Orange Belt Railway completely cuts the peninsula in two, 
running through it in a slightly southwesterly direction. Foremost 
among the many attractive winter towns which have come into 
influential life along its line, is Tarpon Springs, a dozen stations 
from the road's terminus. The rapid clearing and building of this 
South Florida town would surprise some of the Western land 
boomers. It has the advantage of situation, the warm winds from 
the Gulf waters, whose power from all accounts works won- 
ders, and orange groves of number and great yield. It is dis- 
tinctively an exclusive spot, where care has been exercised in 
building up a resort whose reputation is intended to last for more 
than a day. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Fernald Cottage $1.50 per day. i Tropical House $2.00 per day. 

Tarpon Springs Hotel . . $3.00 per day. i 

TAVARES. 

154 miles from Jacksonville. Terminus of Southern Division of Florida Central 
and Peninsular Railroad. 

Though exerting considerable influence as a railroad centre, 
yet it is distinctively the nucleus of the orange grove cultivation. 
At few points in the State could a better idea of this interesting 
culture be studied than here, and it ranks not among the least of 
its neighbors as a winter sanitarium, for the fresh vegetables and 
pure water supply are demands it can without trouble comply 
with. Numerous drives and pleasure jaunts present themselves 
for the amusement and benefit of the tourist. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Osceola House Special rates. | Tavares Hotel . 52.50 to Js.so per day. 

TITUSVILLE. 

158 miles southeast of Jacksonville, terminus of Jacksonville, Tampa and Key 
West Railway, and connection for all points on Indian River by steamer. 

It is to-day a growing and prosperous town. The famous 
hummock land extends for a distance of forty miles north of the 
residential portion, and is some of the most fertile soil in the State. 



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Large sugar plantations and vegetable gardens convince the most 
skeptical as to fertility of the soil. To the left of the town is the 
dense, rolling, pine district, which has been utilized as a site for 
many a tasty home, and discloses reasons why so many with weak 
lungs and in search of health journey every winter to this metrop- 
olis of the Indian River. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Grand View Hotel . . . I2.50 per day. | Lund House 12.00 per day. 

THE INDIAN RIVER. 

The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway runs to Titusville, the head of 
the river, a distance of 158 miles from Jacksonville. 

This river, so well known to people of the North, from the 
fame of the oranges growing on its banks, is in length one hun- 
dred and forty-two miles, and in many respects one of the most 
remarkable and picturesque water- courses in Florida. From its 
head, a few miles above Titusville, to the southern extremity at 
Jupiter Inlet it winds in and through the wildest and most beauti- 
ful scenery in the State. Its width varies from one hundred feet 
at the narrowest point to three miles. The Indian River Steam- 
boat Company's boats make the run with intermediate stops, 
daily. 

On one side may be seen the high masts or trail of smoke ot 
steamers passing on the ocean, and on the other a tangled mass of 
tropical vegetation, from which growth flocks of ducks and birds 
of gay plumage rise in flight as the steamer glides by. No con- 
ception of this journey can be formed ; a round trip on one of these 
steamers will reveal scenes never to be forgotten in a lifetime. 

ROCKLEDGE. 

17S miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Titusville, thence by boats of Indian River Steamboat Company. 

False Cape and Cape Canaveral throw their protecting arms 
far out into the sea, and shield the productive territory to the 
south from every chilly wind. It is in this sheltered nook that 
Rockledge has sprung into the prominent health and agricul- 
tural mart of to-day. It is the capital of the famous Indian River 



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Country, world-renowned for its oranges, and little less celebrated 
for the quantity and variety of its game. Undoubtedly it is one of 
the most delightful places in Florida. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Hotel Indian River . . . $4.00 per day. | Rockledge House .... $2.50 per day. 




JUPITER LIGHT 



LAKE WORTH. 

Reached by Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to Titusville, where 

steamer is taken down the Indian River to Jupiter, and thence 

via Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway to Juno. 

This beautiful lake is one hundred miles east and three hun- 
dred miles south of Jacksonville, and is twenty-five miles long by 
an average mile wide, separated by a thin strip of land from the 
ocean. Along its shores for miles are cocoanut groves in full 



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bearing, and some of the most palatial dwellings in the midst of 
tropical gardens of wondrous beauty reveal themselves as the 
steamer glides by on the bosom of this transparent sheet of water. 
The cocoanut industry has become an important one, and this 
region, being the home of the enterprise, has necessarily become 
very popular with those sojourning South during the winter 
months, for where the cocoanut grows no stronger assurance is 
needed for the desirability of soil and climate. Fruits and flowers 
of every description bloom and ripen on its banks. Bordering the 
beach of Lake Worth are the towns of Juno, Oaklawn, Lake 
Worth, Palm Beach, Figulus, and Hypoluxo. 

In reaching Lake Worth from the Indian River the traveler 
passes over the " celestial railway," starting at Jupiter and termi- 
nating at Juno, with Venus and Mars sandwiched between. The 
road is only eight miles long, but it reaches the stars. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS (Lake Worth). 
Cocoanut Grove House . $3.00 per day. Oak Lawn House .... I2.50 per day. 
Lake Worth Hotel . . . $4.00 per day. 

WINTER PARK. 

143 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Sanford, and thence via South Florida Railroad. 

When one considers that this resort known to-day all over the 
States and abroad was in 1881 a complete wilderness, it shows 
with what rapidity towns and cities are born in this wonderful 
country of ours. It is a picturesque town, laid out in the shape of 
a Greek cross, bordering on the shores of a chain of pretty lakes. 
The region immediately surrounding is highly productive of or- 
anges. It is undoubtedly one of the best known and most highly 
esteemed winter homes in the far South, being extremely pict- 
uresque and healthful. Its magnificent residences, drives, and 
walks are encased in the richest of tropical growths, and for miles 
these same residences border the banks of these lakes. The noted 
Seminole Hotel, built in the most artistic and modern style, is 
alive with the gayety and life of a migratory people under its rich 
and hospitable roof. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Seminole Hotel $4.00 per day. | Rogers House . |2.oo to I3.00 per day. 



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ORLANDO. 

147 miles by rail or boat via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 

Sanford, thence via South Florida Railroad to Orlando. 

4 miles south of Winter Park. 

Orlando is the county-seat of Orange County, and the centre 
of a fertile agricultural region, and for miles in every direction 
the mind and body may find pleasant diversion by new scenes 
and active recreation. It has the reputation, like many frontier 
towns, of springing into existence during a night, so rapid has 
been its growth. It is in the midst of a region charmingly diver- 
sified by beautiful lakes, whose borders are lined with groves 
surrounding elegant villas and cosy winter cottage homes of 
Northern residents who, living here, can appreciate in a measure 
the existence of Bacon's New Atlantis. A chain of sixteen lakes 
in the vicinity furnish fine boating and shooting, and all kinds of 
supplies for hunting and fishing expeditions can be procured to 
good advantage in the city, as well as competent guides. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Arcade Hotel «;2.oo per day. San Juan Hotel .... 53.00 per day. 

Charleston House . . . $2.00 per day. Summerlin House . . . $2.00 per day. 
Magnolia House .... ]f2.oo per day. 



KISSIMMEE CITY. 

165 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Sanford, and thence via South Florida Railway. 

This picturesque city is situated directly on Lake Tohopeka- 
liga. Until several years ago it was comparatively cut off from 
all connection with the outside world, but its many attractive 
features were not long to be held " under a bushel " as the inves- 
tigating spirit of the American speculator soon made manifest by 
erecting large and comfortable hotels, and in many general ways 
placing it in the ranks of Florida winter homes. A line of steam- 
ers run down the river to Lake Okeechobee, through the Caloos- 
ahatchee River to Punta Rasa on the Gulf. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Kissimmee House . . . $1.50 per day. I Tropical House. $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 
Lake House $2.00 per day. ' 



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TAMPA. 
249 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The run from Jacksonville to Tampa is not without interest, as 
the passenger traverses Winter Park, Orlando, and the high pine 




lands to the Kissimmee Lake district, and thence on to that fertile 
and productive country where the town stakes of Tampa were 
first driven. 

Here cotton, corn, rice, sugar-cane, orange, lime, lemon, ba- 
nana, and all the fruits of a tropical zone grow in profusion. Its 



seaport and mercantile value give it a prominent voice in all 
matters of State, and as a winter refuge it is not surpassed by any 
point on the Gulf coast. 

Port Tampa, nine miles south of Tampa, is the terminus of the 
Plant System of Railroads. It is situated on the shores of Tampa 
Bay, and from its wharves the steamers sail for Havana and 
Jamaica. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Booze House $2.00 per day. The Plant Hotel . . . . $4.00 per day . 

TheAlmeria I3.00 per day. Tampa House $1.50 per day. 

City Hotel $2.50 per day. 

PUNTA GORDA. 
268 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railway. 

Within easy reach of the most famous tarpon fishing-grounds 
on the coast is Punta Gorda, the most southerly railroad terminus 
on the Gulf coast. No more exciting sport exists than hooking one 
of these "game fish" — the tarpon. Up to five years ago this 
fish was never taken except by harpoon or seine, and to come 
down now and land it with a thin, silken thread line is certainly a 
deviation from the old school and sport of no small account. If in 
two or three hours after taking the bait the angler lands his 
"prize" he is indeed fortunate. Here, at Punta Gorda, outfits, 
guides, boats, and all necessary paraphernalia can be procured at 
moderate prices. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

De Soto House $2.50 per day. Hotel Southland .... $3.00 per day. 

Hotel Georgia S2.00 per day. Punta Gorda Hotel . . .$4.00 per day. 

This list could be strung out to great length, and then per- 
haps all the attractive places would not secure mention. These 
sketches are intended as brief introductions to the most promi- 
nent places that typify the distinctive life and characteristics of 
Florida. If the handbook serves to direct the steps of the tourist 
into pleasant paths its purpose will be achieved. 



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Pennsylvania Tours 



GOLDEN GATE 

Is the title of a handsome illustrated Itinerary just issued by the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, containing full information as to 
how Three Weeks may be pleasantly and profitably spent in 
California. These tours go out from Boston on February 6th, 
March 2d, March 25th, and April 13th, 1891, and from New York 
the succeeding day, by superbly-appointed special trains of Pull- 
man drawing-room sleeping, dining, smoking, and observation 
cars, under the supervision of a Tourist Agent and Chaperon. 
The round-trip tickets, which are sold at a very low rate, consid- 
ering the high grade of the service, include all traveling expenses 
going and returning and six side trips in California. Stops, rang- 
ing from twelve hours to two days, will be made at points of in 
terest en route. 

ILLUSTRATED ITINERARIES, 

Containing all detailed information as well as descriptive notes of 
California may be procured by addressing Geo. W. Boyd, Assist- 
ant General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa. 



